JAPAN has been rocked by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake, USGs has confirmed.

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The quake hit near the east coast of Honshu at 23.58 UTC on Sunday. The earthquake was reported to have a depth of 80km. It also hit 129km north east of Saitama and also 26km south east of Hitachi, according to earthquake-tracking website emsc-csem.USGS tweeted: "Prelim M5.8 Earthquake near the east coast of Honshu, Japan May-10 23:58 UTC"